Kutuzov is portrayed as an old, wise man who knows through experience that no strategic plan can help predict or lead to the outcome of a battle. ... On the front, panicked soldiers from an unexpected attack suddenly turned around and galloped into a sea of bullets. ... Religion was a significant theme in the novel. Religion was also a significant theme in the author's own life. ... Natasha fell in love with a man at a time when she was engaged to another. ...

• Word Count: 2809
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

The fundamental tension in the novel is between those, like the inquisitor Bernardo Gui, Jorge de Burgos, Ubertino of Casale, or Adso in old age and that rare medieval-postmodern William who has abandoned his role of inquisitor, refusing to discriminate between martyr and heretic, for example. ...

• Word Count: 4697
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate